The Metropolitan Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the

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. It opened in 1918 and closed in 1985 in anticipation of the opening of the Archer Avenue lines.

History

This station was built as part of the

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.Subway FAQ: A Brief History of the Subway
/ref> It opened on July 3, 1918* * * by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, an affiliate of the

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, after the removal of

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service from Dunton LIRR station, and closed on April 15, 1985, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988.The New York Transit Authority in the 1980s
nycsubway.org The Q49 bus was discontinued when the rest of the Jamaica Line was connected to the Archer Avenue Subway. Both the Metropolitan Avenue and Queens Boulevard stations were demolished in late 1990. The

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, opened on December 11, 1988, is directly underneath the site of the former Metropolitan Avenue station and replaces the two former Jamaica Line stations.

Station layout

This elevated station had two tracks and two side platforms, with space for a third track in the center. A short stretch of third track was added for use as a lay-up or storage track, along with a scissor crossover near the temporary

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terminal in 1976, in anticipation of the line being cut back from 168th Street.

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* * Defunct BMT Jamaica Line stations 1985 disestablishments in New York (state) 1918 establishments in New York City Railway stations in the United States opened in 1916 Railway stations closed in 1985 Former elevated and subway stations in Queens, New York Jamaica, Queens {{QueensNY-railstation-stub